The film version of Watchmen' has goosed the popularity of Alan Moore's graphic novel; Steve Harvey can't be blamed if he feels as if he's being stalked by a teenage vampire; and a Harvard-educated Pakistani publishes his first novel, The Wish Maker.

Seven new hardcovers land in the Top 50 on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list; A Thousand Splendid Suns is out in paperback, with movie in the works; and The Christmas Sweater offers a warm and fuzzy take on the holiday.

What has been selling in bookstores the first quarter of 2008? Thanks to Oprah Winfrey's book club, Eckhart Tolle's self-help A New Earth has dominated USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list. This week it is No. 1 for the ninth consecutive week, creeping up on the consecutive-week mark set by another self-help title, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne: 13 straight weeks at No. 1 in 2007.

The Afghan government has banned The Kite Runner film from theaters and DVD shops, an official said Wednesday, though Afghan shop owners with stalls at U.S. military bases are still selling the movie there.